8/9/2013 on the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico

Election day in Australia and we are very happy to welcome back the Liberal Party to try to get the country back on financial track. Labor has obviously been good for the unemployed and the union members with their handouts at the expense of us in the workforce especially those of us who employ staff and pay taxes to keep the others willing to accept a handout each week with out lifting a finger to support the country.

Surprisingly there are 100 Australians on board out of the 400 passengers and we celebrated the Liberal win today in one of the cocktail lounges with a drinks party arranged by the ship. Out of the 100 celebrating with us, only 2 seemed to be Labor voters so who actually votes for them?

At the moment of writing we are just south of Acapulco. Normally the ship would have called into this city, but with the local unrest it is now bypassed.  shame for us as we would have enjoyed seeing this famous place.  We are getting close to the Panama Canal and looking forward to crossing from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean through the canal.  We did experience the 64 canals on the Rhine River but is will be unique.

Today is day of cruising and we are enjoying the ships facilities on board. 

2 of our grandchildren- Lauren and Jordan are celebrating their 16th birthday today And we hope they had a great birthday even though we couldn't be there to celebrate with them.  

Tomorrow we are docking in Huatulco in Mexico and we are looking forward to a day on shore.

We are enjoying  our trip.